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Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

You are young, my son, and, as the years go by, time will change and even reverse many of your present opinions. Refrain therefore awhile from setting yourself up as a judge of the highest matters.

Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil.

Robert Selden Duvall (born January 5, 1931) is an American film actor and director.

Personal life

Duvall was born in San Diego, California to parents of French and English descent. He grew up in a military family, living for a time in Annapolis, Maryland near the United States Naval Academy. He studied acting at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre in New York under Sanford Meisner.

He is close friends with Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman, both of whom he's known since their struggling actor days.

Duvall has been married three times:

Barbara Benjamin (1964 - 1975)
Gail Youngs (1982 - 1986)
Sharon Brophy (1991 - 1996)

He now lives with his partner Luciana Pedraza.

  Film Career

His screen debut was as Boo Radley in the critically acclaimed To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) but his breakout role was a decade later as Tom Hagen in The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974). He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in A Civil Action and for his role as Colonel Kilgore in Apocalypse Now (1979). He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for The Great Santini (1980) and The Apostle (1997) and won for his role in Tender Mercies (1983).

He directed the critically acclaimed The Apostle, about a preacher on the run from the law, and Assassination Tango (2002), a thriller about one of his favorite hobbies, tango. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2005

Trivia

He speaks fluent Spanish.
While struggling as an actor, he worked at a Manhattan post office as a clerk but quit after six months. Duvall said he didn't want to be working at the same place twenty years from now.
Has the same birthday as Godfather co-star Diane Keaton.
His favorite city is Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is an avid Tango dancer.
His father was a Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy.
He is a descendant of American Civil War General Robert E. Lee.
Received star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. [18 September 2003]
Served in the U.S. Army (serial #52 346 646) from 19 August 1953 to 20 August 1954, achieving rank of Private First Class and awarded the National Defense Service Medal.

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Filmography

Lucky You (2006)
Kicking and Screaming (2005)
Second Hand Lions (2003)
Open Range (2003)
Gods and Generals (2003)
Assassination Tango (2002)
John Q (2002)
The 6th Day (2000)
A Shot At Glory (2000)
Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)
Deep Impact (1998)
A Civil Action (1998)
The Gingerbread Man (1998)
The Apostle (1997)
Phenomenon (1996)
A Family Thing (1996)
The Scarlet Letter (1995)
The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995)
Falling Down (1993)
Stalin (1992)
The Handmaid's Tale (1990)
Days of Thunder (1990)
Lonesome Dove (1989)
Colors (1988)
The Natural (1984)
Tender Mercies (1983)
The Great Santini (1979)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
The Greatest (1970)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
The Conversation (1974)
Joe Kid (1972)
Tomorrow (1972)
The Godfather (1972)
Lawman (1971)
THX 1138 (1971)
MASH (1970)
The Rain People (1969)
True Grit (1969)
Bullitt (1968)
The Detective (1968)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)